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This scale for measuring the quality of handwriting is a revised 
edition of a scale first published in 1912 and subsequently reprinted 
12 times with several minor revisions and with a total of 62,000 
copies. The purpose of the changes introduced in the present edi- 
tion is to increase the reliability of measurements of handwriting 
through standardizing methods of securing and scoring samples, 
and through making numerous improvements in the scale itself 
designed to reduce variability in the results secured through its use. 
The present scale may be referred to as the "Gettysburg Edition " 
in order to distinguish it from other editions. The original or "Three 
Slant Edition" and the scale for adult handwriting are not super- 
seded by the present scale. Copies of any of the three scales may 
be secured for five cents each postpaid. 



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Le first three sentences of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address 
tie pupils read and copy until familiar with it. They 
1 copy it, beginning at a given signal and writing for 
o minutes. They should write in ink on ruled paper, 
ith the count of the letters is as follows : 

ore 9 and 12 seven 17 years 22 ago 25 our 28 fathers 35 brought 42 
51 this 55 continent 64 a 65 new 68 nation 74 conceived 83 in 85 
95 dedicated 104 to 106 the 109 proposition 120 that 124 all 127 men 
eated 140 equal 145. Now 148 we iso are 153 engaged 160 in 162 
t civil 173 war 176 testing 183 whether 190 that 194 nation 200 or 202 
211 so 213 conceived 222 and 225 so 227 dedicated 236 can 239 long 
, We 251 are 254 met 257 on 259 a 260 great 265 battlefield 276 of 
ar 285. 



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writing of the same quality is found 
scale above this shows the value 
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the scorer will develop the ability to 
and with increasing accuracy. If 
results will be considerably more a 
The procedure may be as follows: 
them in piles with all the 20's in 0: 
and so on. Mark these values on 
shuffle the samples and score ther 
careful decisions to overcome any dfc 



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This scale for measuring the quality of handwriting is a revised 
edition of a scale first published in 1912 and subsequently reprinted 
12 times with several minor revisions and with a total of 62,000 
copies. The purpose of the changes introduced in the present edi- 
tion is to increase the reliability of measurements of handwriting 
through standardizing methods of securing and scoring samples, 
and through making numerous improvements in the scale itself 
designed to reduce variability in the results secured through its use. 
The present scale may be referred to as the "Gettysburg Edition" 
in order to distinguish it from other editions. The original or "Three 
Slant Edition" and the scale for adult handwriting are not super- 
seded by the present scale. Copies of any of the three scales may 
be secured for five cents each postpaid. 



mples of handwriting the teacher should t 



t board the first three sentences of Lincoln's Gettysburg Addre.. 

d have the pupils read and copy until familiar with it. They 
given signal and writing for 
write in ink on ruled paper. 



writing of the same quality is found, 
scale above this shows the value o 
Disregard differences in style, but trj 

reasing accuracy. If t 



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The number at the top of the 
* the writing being measured, 
to find on the scale the quality 






The procedui 

them in piles with all the 20's in on e pile, all the 30's in another, 

and so on. Mark these values on the backs of the papers, then 

shuffle the samples and score there a second time. Finally make 

careful decisions to overcome any disi .greements in the two scorings. 



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